Slow Food Lifestyle In Italy | 10 Places To Explore Great Food
The ideals of the Slow Food movement have seeped into daily life in Piedmont, Italy.
Nice, France | Off-Season Travel Experiences
Off-season France can be very rewarding indeed… Traveling in the winter conjures images of tall, snow-peaked Alps, red cheeks and noses behind ski masks, and warm hands around mugs of European hot chocolate. Or it may swing in directly the opposite direction, to the oasis island escape in sunshine and warmth, surrounded by relaxing music … Read more
Why Italian Hot Chocolate is Amazing
Hot chocolate in Italy is my favourite warm, Italian treat. It’s perfect for those cool winter days. In Italy, the time has come to relinquish the fluorescent, plastic gelato spoon. You may crave the cool sweet 365 days a year, but many gelaterie close in the winter. So in the name of eating seasonally, trade your plastic … Read more
Hiking In Piedmont
Dear Italy, I love you, but you need more wilderness. This is probably the West Virginian in me talking.
How To Satisfy Comfort Food Cravings (When Traveling In A Foreign Country)
Finding a new food to crave and comfort.
Bra, Italy: The City of Raw Meat
Bra, Italy, in the raw I’ll try anything once. Then I’ll try it again, and if I don’t like it I’ll try it a third time just to be sure. Taste buds and expectations change, so maybe the food will, too. And when the food in question is a regional specialty, I feel obliged to … Read more
Cardoons Recipe – Cooking A Royal Tradition From Piedmont, Italy
In northern Italy, a stalky vegetable becomes a dish fit for a king Italy’s Piedmont region is a land of rolling vineyards and great northern wines like Barbaresco and Barolo. The area is rich in foods like chestnuts, chocolate and truffles. Since I moved here in May to study at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, I have … Read more
Traditional Greek Food With A Monk (Holy Mount Athos, Greece)
Greek food in Greece: dinner prepared with 1,000-year-old culinary traditions I wasn’t sure what I had in mind about Greek food before going to Greece. Visions of gyros with tzatziki sauce, feta cheese, yogurt and a few recipes I’d tried preparing at home came to mind. In the coastal city of Thessaloniki, I found that … Read more
6 Tips for Near Zen Travel in Stressful Situations
Because we love to travel, but sometimes travel doesn’t quite love us back… … and because air travel and zen travel don’t really go together at all It began at the train station. Before going home to West Virginia for the holidays, an international trip from Italy that includes three flights and the journeys to … Read more
